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Author: Kate Shellnutt

TMZ is known for its quick reporting on celebrity deaths and posted yesterday about the loss of one of their own, the site’s founder Jim Paratore. Paratore, who also created TMZ’s TV show and talk shows “Ellen” and “Rosie,” died at age 58 of a heart attack, the site said. He was on a bike […] …

A New Orleans woman who said she was called “too fat to fly” at a Southwest gate last year is now filing a lawsuit demanding the carrier clarify its policies on larger passengers. Kenlie Tiggeman considered Southwest’s “Customers of Size” policy too inconsistent, having been told at least twice that she would be unable to […] …

An estimated half-million neutered pets get to keep a sense of their manhood with fake testicle implants called Neuticles, the unusual company’s owner said in a feature in Bloomberg Businessweek. The plastic or silicone testicles replace real ones removed during castration surgery, easing the shame and emasculation some animals suffer after the procedure, Neuticles owner […] …

A Tennessee teenager was turned down from her high school prom for wearing a red, white and blue sequined dress that resembled the Confederate battle flag, the Jackson Sun reported. When 18-year-old Texanna Edwards showed up to the dance Saturday in the controversial dress, knee-length with thick blue ribbon crossed at her hip, officials told […] …

Have you ever asked for a free cup of water at a fast-food restaurant, then filled it with soda? At one Florida McDonald’s, that could get you arrested. Customer Mark Abaire faces felony charges for failing to pay $1 for a cup of soda. Employees caught him using a water cup to get soda, and […] …

Three young men face charges after allegedly breaking into an Australian aquarium after dark, swimming with the dolphins and taking a penguin home with them, Reuters reported. Police tracked down the suspects, ages 18, 20 and 21, after they posted on Facebook about their aquatic animal antics. The trio, thought to be drunk at the […] …

Cheez-It snack crackers may seem harmless, but wielded properly, they can be enough to send someone to the hospital and get the attacker in trouble with police. A Floridian concert-goer suffered an eye injury after a man allegedly attacked her with Cheez-Its. The suspect, Andy Vincent Gatz, was under a court-ordered injunction not to contact […] …

A white dorsal fin among a pod of orca whales swimming off the coast of Russia is believed to be that of the first all-white adult orca spotted by scientists, the BBC reported. The rare creature, nicknamed Iceberg, was found by the Far East Russia Orca Project. “We’ve seen another two white orcas in Russia […] …

A Coca-Cola promotion in Singapore lets soda-drinkers embrace giant vending machines that say “Hug Me” to get their beverage. It’s that simple. And that awesome. The company plans to roll out the Hug Me machines across Southeast Asia as a part of a global “Spread Happiness” campaign. The “reaction was amazing,” said Coke marketing director […] …

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